Job losses continue in Syracuse area

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse-area economy continued its job-losing ways in May.

The state Department of Labor reported Thursday that Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties lost 2,700 jobs between May of last year and May of this year. That's nearly a 1 percent drop in the area's jobs base.

All but 200 of the losses occurred in the private sector. The biggest chunk — 2,000 jobs — came in the private education and health services sector, which at one time was one of the area's fastest-growing sectors.